In the United States, we're big fans of age limits. We love to slap an age on something and say this is when you're capable of doing this. Age requirements are attached to voting, smoking, consuming alcohol and even watching R-rated movies...

The United States is not a soccer powerhouse. We all know this. But after years of improvements to our program, expectations for the team have risen. Nobody expects a World Cup, but the US team's performance in the last tournament was shameful...

Alright, every so often we'll get an email that will peak our interest and we'll consider worthy of discussing in a post. Today as I was combing through the blog's email I came across one I almost deleted thinking it was spam...

As promised, the members of this blog will be taking some road trips this season and covering the games we attend. The first of these road trips will be on June 30 to Pittsburgh, PA to visit the Pirates' PNC Park as they take on the Cubs...

Why I Love Baseball is a nine week series that will be posted on Tuesdays. The focus this week is on Baseball StatisticsI'm horrible with numbers. In fact, I can't do basic math without at least having a few minutes to figure out the answer...

Four championship rings in less than 10 years. One finals MVP. One league MVP. Multiple scoring titles. Like him or not, Kobe Bryant is now one of the most accomplished players in the history of the NBA...

Thomas already posted about this on Sunday, but I'd like to take a decidedly different approach to the subject.After the Pirates swept the Mets recently, Carlos Beltran had some things to say about it...

Well, that was impressive. The Lakers came out with something to prove and certainly did that with their 100-75 walloping of the Orlando Magic.Now what should you take away from this game? A couple things jump out immediately...

Breaking news in baseball-land. Before the deadline even nears, the Pirates pulled the trigger on selling Nate McLouth at what is admittedly peak value to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for left-handed ...

Why I Love Baseball is a nine week series that will be posted on Tuesdays. In its second week, the topic is the history of the game. One hundred and sixty two years, eleven months and thirteen days ago the first recorded game of baseball was played...

If you've watched SportsCenter any time in the past week or so, you probably already know that in the National League All-Star team voting, Manny Ramirez is in a relatively close fourth place (the top three are named starters)...

It was a beautiful Wednesday regardless of where you were, if you are a Barcelona fan like myself. Not only did you get to watch an incredible display of soccer from your favorite club, but you also got to see Manchester United crushed like a small bug...

Last week, I did a mock draft of the first seven picks of the NBA Draft. Today I'm going to examine the second half of the draft lottery. This is where things start to get interesting, so hopefully I can make this post just as entertaining...

Why I Love Baseball is a nine week series that will be posted on Tuesdays. This week it makes its debut. I love baseball, in case that wasn't strongly hinted at by the title, the graphic or the lead-in...

Yesterday was one of the more exciting Indy 500s I've seen in recent memory, ending with Helio Castroneves joining the elite three-time winner club. Helio is definitely having the best month in recorded history...